In the season premiere episode of Making Mythologies, Remarkable Randall Raines pulls back the curtain on one of the most unsettling figures in the World-Wide Wrestling Network: Apollyonus, the prophet of Nal’Zhar, the Horned Sleeper in the Hollow. Part wrestling history, part campfire folklore, part backstage confession, this episode traces how a journeyman named Adrian Pickman followed Appalachian cave legends and cosmic whispers all the way to a new identity—and a new kind of power.

Randall walks us from the haunted lore of Nal’Zhar through Apollyonus’ eerie in-ring debut, the first appearance of the phrase “The Sleeper Stirs,” and the chilling Mark of the Hollow. Along the way, we meet his Disciples: Lilth Laveaux, the legal-minded herald; Malphus, the hammer from the isle the map forgot; Krowley, the broken made useful; and Lovekraft, the messenger remade. As rituals replace matches and offerings replace opponents, the episode examines what happens when belief stops being a gimmick and starts reshaping an entire locker room.

Is Apollyonus chasing glory, prophecy, or something far worse as he sets his sights on the WWWN World Heavyweight Championship? The Horned Awakening follows the thread of his story from whispered legend to looming threat—and asks what it really costs when power begins with belief.